GNOME Flashback can be [[Pacman|installed]] with the package {{Pkg|gnome-flashback-session}}, available in the [[official repositories]].

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GNOME Flashback can be [[Pacman|installed]] with the package {{Pkg|gnome-flashback-session}}, available in the [[official repositories]]. You can also install {{Pkg|gnome-applets}}, which provides some additional applets for the GNOME Panel.

To get a complete desktop environment, it's recommended to install the {{Grp|gnome}} group which contains applications required for the standard GNOME experience.

To get a complete desktop environment, it's recommended to install the {{Grp|gnome}} group which contains applications required for the standard GNOME experience.

Revision as of 16:10, 29 August 2013

GNOME Flashback is a shell for GNOME 3 which was initially called GNOME fallback mode. The desktop layout and the underlying technology is similar to GNOME 2. It doesn't use 3D acceleration at all, so it's generally faster and consumes less CPU time than GNOME Shell with llvmpipe.